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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001931
New Castle Elementary
4136 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 · (757) 648-3080 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
168 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
95.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 95.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 90.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like New Castle Elementary
New Castle Elementary's state test result (86.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle Elementary this school | 728 | 23.1% | 86.4% |
| Bonnie Brae Elementary Fairfax | 718 | 24.7% | 77.2% |
| Piney Branch Elementary Bristow | 760 | 21.4% | 84.3% |
| Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Reston | 726 | 22.9% | 84.5% |
| T. Clay Wood Elementary Nokesville | 754 | 21.6% | 87.1% |
| Arlington Science Focus School Arlington | 632 | 16.5% | 88.6% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New Castle Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #129 of 1,101 | #10 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #29 of 1,111 ▲ 22 | #2 of 54 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #85 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #5 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #160 of 1,176 | #4 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,076 of 1,105 | #54 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #169 of 1,106 | #23 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #998 of 1,157 | #46 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #549 of 759 | #27 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
728
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 728 | 39.6 | 18.4:1 | 23% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 39.8 | 18.2:1 | 26% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 715 | 40.5 | 17.6:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 42 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 38.7 | 20.3:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 33 | 23.4:1 | 20% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 13% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 10% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Castle Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (785 to 728); teachers up 2% (38.7 to 39.6).
About New Castle Elementary
New Castle Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Virginia Beach, Virginia. There are 728 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (82 schools, 64,731 students) runs New Castle Elementary.
The largest racial or ethnic group at New Castle Elementary is White, with 46% of students. The remaining shares are 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 11% Black. Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 61% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Castle Elementary scores 71%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Castle Elementary is 18.4:1, based on 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Virginia Beach city is 49%.
New Castle Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of Virginia public elementary schools.
A school with New Castle Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 81.8%. New Castle Elementary scores 86.4%, 4.6 points above that line.
Census data for Virginia Beach city show the median household earns about $92,968 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting New Castle Elementary, Virginia Beach city has 89 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Landstown Elementary is closest at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of New Castle Elementary. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, New Castle Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 720 in 2020-21, 728 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.1:1 to 18.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to New Castle Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other New Castle Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named New Castle Elementary. New Castle Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- New Castle Elementary SchoolNew Castle, DE · 383 students
- New Castle Elementary SchoolNew Castle, KY · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Landstown Elementary0.8 mi · 632
- Landstown Middle0.8 mi · 1,272
- Salem Elementary0.8 mi · 541
- Landstown High1.0 mi · 2,152
- Rosemont Forest Elementary1.6 mi · 497
- Glenwood Elementary1.7 mi · 896
Frequently asked questions
About New Castle ElementaryHow large is New Castle Elementary?
New Castle Elementary enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does New Castle Elementary serve?
New Castle Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does New Castle Elementary have?
New Castle Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at New Castle Elementary?
Student demographics at New Castle Elementary are roughly 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, 15% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees New Castle Elementary?
New Castle Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.